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How would you approach what matters most if you truly grasped that time is finite? As a two-time cancer survivor in her early 30s, Liya Shuster-Bier puts her priorities at the center. Today, she views life through a venn diagram of fulfillment: “Investing every minute you have into your heart, your happiness, other people’s hearts, and other people’s happiness.”  She credits her love army with inspiring her strength and orients her life around the “kaleidoscope of human connection.”Though Liya’s funneled her purpose into Alula - a first of its kind platform making cancer less lonely - she has a new perspective on achievement. She’s traded her past hustle for one that is rooted in sustained nourishment. Her wisdom inspires us to examine life’s big questions and follow our heart answering them.

Rebecca van Bergen celebrated her graduation by asking a big question: How do you create agency and change through human to human work? She’s spent the last 14 years answering it through Nest: Her non-profit that’s connected hundreds of thousands of artisans, across 115 countries, to ethical home-based work with leading brands. She believes in creating change from where you are. We delve into articulating the difference you aspire to make in the world and continuously evolving your mission and yourself to realize it. For Rebecca, that’s meant accelerating her goals to support the over 300 million women working from home, whilst understanding that it’s only by cultivating a sense of wholeness and embracing her strengths that she’ll be able to reach them. Nest continues to be propelled by unwavering belief and drive. Still, Rebecca’s always believed that they’re part of a larger narrative. She shares a story from her very first trip reminding us that a small act of kindness can be remembered for a lifetime.

Ethan Kross, a professor studying the conscious mind, discusses our inner voice's impact on our lives. He explores managing negative self-talk, coping with stress, gene expression, health, and the connection between social and physical pain in brain networks. Also, he talks about harnessing the power of belief and using the mind's influence for positive change.

Chief Co-founder Lindsay Kaplan wants you to be selfish. “Investing in oneself is spending the time to align your values with your goals, to reset and make sure that you’re not giving yourself away too much to your job. But, making sure that you have some feeling of wholeness," she says. What contributes to that feeling of wholeness? For Lindsay, it’s values-alignment in her work, cognitive diversity in her relationships, and creativity in her passion projects, like the screenplay she’s working on. We chat about the importance of surrounding ourselves with peers who get it, being honest when we need to take a break, and the direct link between focus and fulfillment.

When Expectful Co-founder Nathalie Walton was 17 she won a fellowship to study in Thailand and spent time at a Buddhist Ashram. It was there that she embraced the basic truths of love, compassion, and humility as her compass. A trip to India soon after would reveal the question that would shape her journey: How do I live by my Eastern beliefs in a Western culture? She explored this in her application to Stanford GSB which has become a governing article to live with intention and be the person she aspires to be. Vision boarding since the 90s, Nathalie has the remarkable ability of articulating and realizing her dreams. We chat about crafting a vision for your life and approaching fulfillment through the lens of time: “You never know when your clock is going to run out. Why not maximize every moment you have right now?”

Musicians are artists, and entrepreneurs are innovators - what happens when their thinking converge? IDEO senior partner R. Michael Hendrix, and Berklee College of Music senior VP, Panos A. Panay join Moe to discuss the intersection of art and business.

“You want to liberate yourself from the concentration camp of your own mind.”Dr.Edith Eger is the embodiment of resilience in mind and spirit. In her books The Choice and The Gift, she details her extraordinary journey as a Holocaust survivor and the lessons it taught her to achieve freedom in our lives. She shares various prisons of the mind - from victimhood to the need to be right - and reveals that the key to free ourselves is within.Our relationship with ourselves is the throughline of Dr. Eger’s work. “The only one you have for a lifetime is you,” she says. She discusses becoming the real you, letting go of what doesn’t serve you, and the key ingredient to a joyful life: love for ourselves and each other.

Twenty years from now, the case study on Amazon will not only showcase an unparalleled customer obsession, and an always evolving invention machine - perhaps more importantly - it will shine a light on exemplary leadership.  Two such leaders - Colin Bryar and Bill Carr chat with Moe about the methods & principles that make Amazon -  Amazon.

“To evolve the conversation, we have to first evolve the question.” For Laura Modi, that journey began at her kitchen table, where amongst her four siblings, she learned the art of having enriching conversations. Today, she’s harnessing those skills to create an inclusive dialogue around how families feed their babies through her category defining company, Bobbie. We have a fascinating conversation about self-discovery through Laura’s thought-provoking question: What makes us, us? We delve into nature vs. nurture and how it enables us to pursue opportunities where we can thrive. Fulfillment is always personal. We chat about writing our own definitions, redefining winning, and Laura’s friend Chip Conley’s equation: Disappointment = expectations - reality.

To create with intention is to take your time. We know the benefits of this. So, why do we feel pressured to move so fast? Bearaby Founder Kathrin Hamm detached from these societal expectations — and it’s working. Daily naps. Creative flow. Fluid schedules. These habits enable her to design her day around when she feels best and, more importantly, to genuinely enjoy the process. What inspires that contentment amidst audacious goals? A sense of purpose. When you know where you’re going, the journey is worth it.